Have you ever asked yourself, “I wonder what life will be like in a year?” I’m sure we all have at some point, especially for us high schoolers who might be adjusting to some very new chapters during the next few years. Although we can’t predict the future completely, it’s human nature to have expectations for the future. Additionally, it
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I don’t know. But that’s intentional because of what the picture is: a cursed image. These pictures are a recent Internet trend that revolves around pictures that instill uneasiness in the viewer. Although there are many different arguments as to what specifications must be met in order to make a cursed image, the general consensus is that it has to
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Last week students may have noticed that the Apex logo on our school’s website. The update in the colors was no sudden shift, but a change that needed to be made to honor our school’s true history– one that many students in recent years do not know. If you could, can you let me know the story behind our school’s
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The love for musicals has been revived greatly over the past few years with reruns of fan favorites and the addition of new musicals that turned the world upside down. Songs from the shows have slowly crept from the school auditoriums into hallways and beyond, connecting students in ways like never before. Art is a medium that loves company and
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As many of you may know, in the 1870s, Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in history. Well, not really, but that’s a story for another time. Over the years, new technology has allowed the telephone to become more advanced and reach new limits no one at the time had seen before. In the early 1970s, the first functioning
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On Friday, January 25, the Cougars competed at their conference swim meet. Both the men and women’s teams placed second overall. They trailed behind the Apex Friendship Patriots, a strong competitor. The women’s team has taken home the title of SWAC Champions the last three consecutive years, so they were especially hopeful for a win. The Apex men’s team scored
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The other day I was catching up with an old friend, whom I have known since I was about nine to ten years old. He is one of my older brother’s best friends, and we were discussing college. He is currently a senior at Wake Forest, and I was discussing with him my experience with applying to college and told
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Based on the novel, A Dog’s Way Home came to theaters this January and captured the emotional and heartwarming storyline from the book perfectly. The movie follows a dog named Bella, beginning with her time as a puppy and eventually meeting her loving owner, Lucas. They bond, and Bella comforts Lucas’s mom, a war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
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Have you ever wondered how much you remember from Harry Potter? Now you can find out by taking this quiz! Click here to take it.
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Alex Leonard played on both the Apex junior varsity basketball team and the varsity team. He graduated in 2017. He now attends Virginia Wesleyan University and is apart of the Batten Honors College. The following interview is about the skills he gathered as a player that have helped him in college. What was your position when you played at
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